Blended and Reconstructed Oceanic Monthly Cloudiness Estimates

Monthly cloudiness estimates are produced by blending satellite estimates from the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) with in situ estimates from the International Comprehensive Ocean Atmosphere Data Set (ICOADS). The monthly estimates are on a 2.5 degree spatial grid giving total cloud cover in oktas (0-8) for 1983-2008. The spatially complete blended estimate is then used to form reconstruction statistics for a longer time period. Using those statistics, the ICOADS historical cloudiness data is used to form a 5 degree global ocean total cloudiness reconstruction for 1900-2010.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1900
    End:  2010

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1900
Temporal Range End 2010
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 90
Bounding Box South Lat -90
Bounding Box West Long -180
Bounding Box East Long 180
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links N/A
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format ASCII
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Asset Size 8.00 MB
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Access Constraints None
Software Implementation Language N/A

Resource Support Name Zaihua Ji
Resource Support Email zji@ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization NSF NCAR - Geoscience Data Exchange
Distributor NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange
Metadata Contact Name N/A
Metadata Contact Email datahelp@ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange

Author Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 2011-10-25
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/E574-7023
Alternate Identifier d292003
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-03T00:17:05Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d292003
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland. (2011). Blended and Reconstructed Oceanic Monthly Cloudiness Estimates. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/E574-7023. Accessed 08 October 2025.

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